NIV-BM-1296
Order
Species
Common Name(s)
Silk moth
Primary Designation
NIV-BM-1296
Accession No.
CVCL_Z309
Stage
Tissue
Initiator(s)
A.B. Sudeep
References
Sudeep, A. B., Mishra, A. C., Shouche, Y. S., Pant, U., & Mourya, D. T. (2002). Establishment of two new cell lines from Bombyx mori (L.)(Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) & their susceptibility to baculoviruses. Indian Journal of Medical Research, 115, 189; Sudeep, A. B., Mourya, D. T., & Mishra, A. C. (2005). Insect cell culture in research: Indian scenario. Indian Journal of Medical Research, 121(6), 725.
Notes
Morphology: epithelial-like (71.8%) and fibroblast-like cells (27.8%); Karyology: chromsosome number is in the range of 35 to 150 and 60 to 180 for larval and pupal ovaries.
Medium
Grace's insect medium + 20% FBS
Cell Culture Collection
A B Sudeep, National Institute of Virology (ICMR), Pune, India.
Status
Microorganism Propagation
Bombyx mori and Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV)
